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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 2285. 1907. 1037 ment: Provided, That the United States shall to the said Indians P'°"‘*°- for the lands in said sections sixteen and thirtygiif, so ranted, or the diiililiiew mind m` lands within said reservation selected in lieu thereof, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. That the lands so classihed and appraised shall be opened to settle- mg§f'“”¤ °° °°'“°· ment and entry by proclamation of the President, which proclamation ' shall prescribe the time when and the manner in which these lands may be settled upon, occupied, and entered by persons entitled to make entry thereof, and no person shall be permitted to settle upon, occupy, or enter any of said lands, except as prescribed in such proclamation, until after the expiration of sixty days from the time when _ the same are opened to settlement and entry: Provided, That the §{Q'{’,‘;',“;,f ,0,,1,,,,, rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors of the late mf ;¤¤¤¤‘¤ ¤¤*¤¤· ·civil and the Spanish wars and the Philippine insurrection, as defined paidssses. zsomsos, and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty- *’· *22* three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and one, shall not be abridged, but no entry shall be allowed under section twenty- §fg‘ff',‘;‘gf};§,?,‘,§f°,’é, three hundred and six of the Revised Statutes: Provided further, Payment;. That the price of said lands shall be the appraised value thereof, as fixed by said commission, which in no case shall be less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for agricultural and grazing lands and five dollars per acre for timber lands; but settlers under the homestead law who shall reside upon and cultivate the land entered in good faith for the period required by existing law shall pay one-fifth of the appraised value in cash at the time of entry and the remainder in five equal annual installments, to be paid in one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from and after the date of entry, and when the entryman shall have complied with all the requirements and terms of the homestead laws as to settlement and residence, and shall have made all the required payments aforesaid, he shall be _ entitled to a atent for the lands entered: Provided, That he shall F“T”'l ’"’°f‘ make his hnahproofs in accordance with the homestead laws within i seven years from date of entry, and that aliens who have declared their M `"”“ intention to become citizens of the United States may become such entrymen, but before making final proof and receiving patent they must receive their full naturalization papers: And provéoed _/m·M»+r·, _ ° That the fees and commissions at the time of commutation or final entry F""` shall be the same as are now provided by law where the price of land is ,,0,,mm M nm one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: Provided, That if any entry- r>¤ym<>m.e¢<=. man fails to make such payments, or any of them, within the time stated, or to make final proof within seven years from date of entry, all rights in and to the land covered by his entry shall at once cease, and any payments theretofore made shall be forfeited and the entry shall be forfeited and canceled: [)l'f*7J?./Zvi], That nothing in this Aer §‘f2f";Q‘§*°;§,,,, ,,_ Shall prevent homestead settlers from commuting their entries under 421· section twenty-three hundred and one, Revised Statutes, by paying for the land entered the price fiiced by said commission, receiving credit t r a ments reviously ma e. . foijgngif, afteg the approval of the classification and appraisement, as ;°{“{I-§,§1,°{;.X°[,`{,I}‘.l§§,,w.Q' provided herein, there shall be found lands within the limits of the V°l·3’·P·’·“· reservation under irrigation projects deemed practicable under the rovisions of the Act of Congressapproved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, known as the reclamation Act, said lands shall he subject to withdrawal and be disposed of under the provisions of said Act, and settlers shall pay, in ud<lilZl0n the cost of construction and maintenance provided therein, the appraised value, as provided in this Act, to the proper omcers, to be coyered into_the Treasury of the _ United States to the credit of the 10d18d8a Provzded, however, That all S,*’,°'€"°‘0, qmdismmd lands hereby opened to settlement I`€m8IDlDg undxsposed of at the end of huds-